Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-03-02
THE Culture OF ROOTS.

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The culture of root crops is profitable in
more than onew way. The roots are excellent
for all kinds of stock, especially sheep, and
swine. AS these special kinds Of stock are
we'll suited to our climate and locality, it
follows that we should grow root crops OF
some kind for their uses. But their culture
is exceedingly useful to the soil and i'm
proves it both by means of the manure used
and the clean cultivation needed by which
the too prevalent weeds are kept down.
Root crops are an adjunct of the best kind
of farming, and are, therefore, of great val
ue to all farmers. They yield very large
quantity of food, by which many animals
can be fed, and thus 4 large quantity OF
| manure is made for the enrichment of the
land.
The best roots are sugar beets and man
gels. these being devoid of any ill odor or
| flavor, which might interfere with the quail
ity of the butter made. For all other stock
than COWS, turnips or ruta-bagas may be
used, but they are no more easily grown
than the beets and mangels, and these are
the most nutritious. The former contain
about II or IL per cent. of sugar and are thus
worth for feeding several times more than
the others.
Sweet potatoes are perhaps the best and
most easily grown crop of this kind, as they
are rich in sugar and starch, which are the
elements of food most useful for fattening.
But they yield no more than third as
much as the roots above named, which will
produce from 800 to 1900 bushels per acre
when we'll grown. AS the culture of sweet
potatoes, however, is we'll understood all
over the Southern States, this crop might
be largely grown for feeding stock and the
sugar beets might be tried in small way as
beginning.
NEGLECTED FIELDs.-There are on eve
ry farm some parts that have always receiv-
ed less manure and less care every way than
has been given to the farm generally. They
the barnyard, and to which for this reason
| it is difficult to draw manure. The time for
this work is generally limited, and the
amount drawn in day when the distance
| is doubled is so reduced that the work is
stopped, and blowing and seeding takes the
time of teams and men. The result is that
despite the most strenuous efforts fields re-
mote from the barnyard never get as much
manure as those near by. In some cases
the neglected field is too wet for profitable
cropping. But whatever the cause of neg
lect, it is time that it should cease. Even at
low valuation for the land it locks up too
much Capltdl lOT WIllCIl It's OWuSl Scto III 1C.
| turn. If he lacks money to make his land
productive, he had better sell it and use it
in improving the land that remains. Some
one is always ready to buy the poorest land
and to pay more for it than it is worth. In
fact, selling the poorest part of the farm is
commonly the very best thing that can be
done with it. If its owner concentrates Ia
Dor, time and manure on hisWorst land, he
can only do it by neglect of his best, from
which alone he is sure of profit. There is
a reason for the neglect of cultivation of
fields that have been ready for the plow a
long time, and it is usually found in the fact
that experience has proved that it does not
pay.
RYE AS A SoILING CROP.-Conclusion
drawn from experiments at the Pennsylva-
MIA State College of Agriculture, in relation
to the use ofrye as 4 forage crop for soiling,
show: /. That, so far as the chemical anal
ysis can determine, soiling rye is much in
| feriOr to pasture grass rs an exclusive feed.
2. Fed with some heterogeneous substance, as
malt-sprouts, oil cake, ETC., it may, in many
instances be more profitable on account of its
much greater yield. 3. Quite old soiling
rye closely resembles the mean of first and
second crop hay in composition, but is ju-
cier, and has yield which is greater by one
half. 4. High manuring produces crop of
| better nutritive quality and in very much
greater quantity, and no distinction was
shown by the cattle fed against the ranker
| growth.
A NEW REMEDY FOR AsTHMA.-Pyrid-
inc is, according to the Union Medtcale, val
liable as an anti-asthmatic, whether the af-
fection is of cardaic origin or otherwise.
About drachm of the drug is placed on a
| rlo 10 IN fn oh ho
pays periodical visits, of from twenty to
thirty minutes duration, three timesa day.
After two or three seances the rales in the
| chest disappear, the eXpectoratiOn is more
free, and sleep is obtained at night, or at all
events, relief from the asthmatic attacks.
In some cases the improvement is perma-
nent, in others it only lasts unimpaired five
or six days. Iodine treatment is then re-
quired, which is usually efficacious, but
which cannot be borne by all patients.
Poisonous MACHINE OIL.-Take care
how you let any machine oil or lubricator
come in contact with cut or scratch ont
your hand or arm, as serious blood poison
ing may result. In the manufacture OF
some of these machine oils fat from diseased
and decomposed animals is used. All ply
sicians know how poisonous such matter is.
The only safeguard is not to let any spot
where the skin is broken, be touched by
any machine oil or ubricator.-Po,Cer.
B6| Distemper in colt takes about three
weeks to run it's course. All the medicine
required is slight dose of Epson salts
say four to six ounces-and good nursing.
Give warm bran mashes, linseed or oatmeal
cruel, keep the animal warm, and rub the
legs with cloths dipped in hot water, a table
spoonful of mustard in the water would be
beneficial if the legs seem to be weak and
numb.
s@ Flour of sulphur is the great remedy
employed in Canada to check mildeW on
grape vines, but the National Agricultural
Society of France, in its session of few
weeks ago, brought into prominence anoth-
er remedy, which M. Pasteur says is so ef'
fectual that the inventor should be discov-
cred if possible and suitable reward con.
ferred upon him. The remedy is a mixture
of milk of lime and sulphate of copper.
a9 Much time on every farm is spent in
doing small jobs, and if proper conveniences
for these are not furnished, the time wasted
is so much clear loss. A good farmer will
try to have stock, grain, hay and roots, with
water, all under one roof. This enables
| him to do the work with the least needless
| labor Q nd piyes more time for necessary i'm.